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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"local environmental quality"”.
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The Impact of Local Environmental Quality on International Tourism Demand: The Case of China
<p>Abstract: This paper studies the impact of local environmental quality on international tourism demand based on a panel data set of tourist arrivals from ten foreign countries in 18 typical provinces in China over the period of 1999-2010. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) with different …
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Three essays on economic growth and the environment: A comparative analysis of developed and developing countries
… It is motivated by the facts that (i) global environmental change and environmental degradation are major policy concerns among world leaders, policymakers and scholars due to their deleterious consequences for human well-being, and (ii) because everyone ultimately wants to be happy, world …
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The role of communities in environmental sustainability projects :the need for local action
… participation contributes to the success of a local environmental sustainability project. In order to avoid approaching sustainability and community participation using the “silo approach,” I established an integrated framework of community participation and sustainability based on a review of …
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Spatial processes in environmental economics: empirics and theory
… derive identification conditions for fixed and local adaptive spatial smoothing estimators. The properties of these estimators are contrasted to OLS and spatial econometric estimators. Part II addresses issues in policy evaluation and prediction. I derive an equilibrium sorting model with …
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Effects of stream network topology on fish assemblage structure and bioassessment sensitivity in the mid-Atlantic highlands, USA
… inter-stream dispersal dynamics will influence local fish assemblage structure and the vulnerability of local assemblages to anthropogenic stressors. In this dissertation, I explored the effects of stream network topology on fish assemblage structure in the mid-Atlantic highlands, USA and tested …
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Limites e potencialidades na proteção do meio ambiente com ênfase na gestão ambiental municipal: uma análise de Região de Paulo Afonso/ BA
… the implementation and operation of a Municipal Environmental System as a capable body, with its own assets and technicians, combined with an active Municipal Environmental Council, acting in alignment with national environmental agencies, capable of identifying, analyzing, discussing and …
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Locally appropriate sustainable urban form: the case of Sukhumvit Superblock
… in which global ecological sustainability and local environmental quality and basic needs ought to be integrated to achieve sustainable urban form. A specific framework for defining global and local sustainability and ways in which they can be accommodated and delivered through locally …
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Environmental Drivers of Dispersal in Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (<i>Varecia variegata</i>)
… and speciation. Primates disperse within an environmental context, with both intervening and local environmental factors affecting the motivation, capacity, timing, and success of dispersal at all phases. Direct evaluations of primate dispersal are challenging given the rarity of dispersal …